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Dataset: Suppl 2c: benthic community composition

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.674368.2
Spatial Extent: N:24.9943 E:-80.4065 S:24.9943 W:-80.4065
Temporal Extent: 2009-06-22 - 2013-08-17
Project: 
Principal Investigator: 
Deron Burkepile (Florida International University, FIU)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Rebecca Vega Thurber (Florida International University, FIU)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version: 
2
Version Date: 
2021-08-06
Restricted: 
No
Validated: 
Yes
Current State: 
Final no updates expected

Benthic community composition at Pickles Reef, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from 2009-2013
Abstract: 
This dataset contains benthic community composition data for the study plots at Pickles Reef, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from 2009-2013. Published in Nature Communications (2016) doi:10.1038/ncomms11833, Supplementary Data 2c.

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Description

This dataset contains benthic community composition data for the study plots at Pickles Reef, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from 2009-2013. Published in Nature Communications (2016) doi:10.1038/ncomms11833, Supplementary Data 2c.

Natural history of the study site: 
This experiment was conducted in the area of Pickles Reef (24.99430, -80.40650), located east of Key Largo, Florida in the United States. The Florida Keys reef tract consists of a large bank reef system located approximately 8 km offshore of the Florida Keys, USA, and paralleling the island chain. Our study reef is a 5-6 m deep spur and groove reef system within this reef tract. The reefs of the Florida Keys have robust herbivorous fish populations and are relatively oligotrophic. Coral cover on most reefs in the Florida Keys, including our site, is 5-10%, while macroalgal cover averages ~15%, but ranges from 0-70% depending on location and season. Parrotfishes (Scaridae) and surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) are the dominant herbivores on these reefs as fishing for them was banned in 1981. The other important herbivore on Caribbean reefs, the urchin Diadema antillarum, remains at low densities across the Florida Keys following the mass mortality event in 1982-3.

Related Reference:
Zaneveld, J.R., D.E. Burkepile, A.A. Shantz, C. Pritchard, R. McMinds, J. Payet, R. Welsh, A.M.S. Correa, N.P. Lemoine, S. Rosales, C.E. Fuchs, and R. Vega Thurber (2016) Overfishing, nutrient pollution, and temperature interact to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales. Nature Communications 7:11833 doi:10.1038/ncomms11833 Supplementary Information

Data Files
File
S2c_benthic_community.csv
(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 188.47 KB)
MD5:890268cfb5c6f697219c9c9bf43b6acf
Primary data file for dataset ID 674368
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